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Patients, staff and visitors are calling for community superheroes to come forward and boost the fundraising appeal for a new children’s emergency and trauma department in Southampton. They have teamed up with regional radio station Wave 105’s Cash for Kids project to...

Staff, patients and supporters announced today (Friday) construction of Southampton’s new children’s emergency and trauma department will begin next week. The state-of-the-art £5.1 million facility, which is expected to see more than 30,000 youngsters every year from...

Staff and patients at Southampton Children's Hospital are set to unveil a new space-age imaging department at an opening event later today (Thursday). Work on the £1.5 million radiology renovation began in March 2015 to renew and modernise diagnostic equipment but...

A top TV chef has called on the community to hold dinner parties throughout May to bolster the fundraising appeal for a new children’s emergency department in Southampton. Shelina Permalloo, winner of the BBC’s MasterChef in 2012, said the innovative fundraising...

Players from Southampton Football Club made their annual visit to meet patients and staff at the city’s university hospitals on Tuesday (3 April). The event, organised by Saints Foundation in partnership with Southampton Hospital Charity, saw the Premier League stars...

On Friday 9 March, Southampton Hospital Charity will be celebrating our tenth birthday. We work closely with our local community to support areas of the hospital service that lie beyond the scope of NHS funding to enhance the care and treatment of patients at...

A Southampton dietitian has created a new recipe book written specifically for infants with congenital heart disease (CHD). Dr Luise Marino, who is based at Southampton Children’s Hospital, has developed the book as part of a current research study supported by the...

ITV horse racing presenter Ed Chamberlin has backed the appeal for a new emergency and trauma department at Southampton Children's Hospital. The Broughton-based host, who previously worked on Sky Sports News and the broadcaster's Monday Night Football programme,...

Southampton’s children’s emergency and trauma department appeal has edged within touching distance of the halfway mark following a £100,000 pledge from the Morrisons Foundation, a charity set up by the supermarket. The fundraising total now stands at £938,000, just...

A top doctor has said the “special bond” created with patients, families and the community is behind a successful first year for Southampton Children’s Hospital Charity and its partners. Dr Jason Barling, director of Southampton Children’s Hospital and a consultant in...

Young patients are set to receive some visitors with a difference this week when a team of superheroes swoop onto the wards at Southampton Children's Hospital. The visits will form part of a series of fun-filled events to mark national Play in Hospital Week (9 to 15...

A team of 16 clinicians and staff who completed a 350-mile regional cycle challenge have raised £10,000 towards Southampton's children's emergency and trauma department appeal. The event, known as Tour de Wessex, saw the team travel across the region to support the £2...

A leading doctor has called on the community to push the fundraising campaign to create a new children’s emergency and trauma department in Southampton “to the next level”. Dr Jason Barling, a consultant in paediatric emergency medicine and clinical lead for...

A charity fund which supports services for young brain and spinal tumour patients at Southampton Children's Hospital has unveiled a new ambassador. Tom Bradby, presenter of ITV's News at Ten, has joined robbiesrally, which is part of Southampton Children's Hospital...

Children being treated in intensive care at Southampton Children’s Hospital have a better chance of surviving the most serious illnesses and injuries. All Paediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) in the UK submit data to the Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network...

Orthopaedic surgeons at Southampton Children’s Hospital are using a new type of wheelchair that can get patients with cerebral palsy home five weeks earlier after complex bone surgery. The Chunc Spica can be used by patients aged from 18 months to 18 years of any...

A team of eight young transplant patients from across the south are travelling to Scotland to compete in the British Transplant Games. This year’s event, which begins tomorrow (Thursday) in North Lanarkshire, is expected to attract more than 750 athletes who will...

Patients, staff and members of the public celebrated the achievements of nurses at Southampton Children’s Hospital with a series of awareness activities this week. Among the events held were simulations and demonstrations from the paediatric intensive care unit,...